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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the function of vitamin C?






2. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






3. Name six sources of grains






4. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






5. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






6. The higher the BMR a client has --






7. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






8. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






9. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






10. What does DASH stand for?






11. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






12. What function is vitamin A?






13. What is normal albumin levels?






14. What are healthy sources of fats?






15. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






16. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






17. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






18. What foods have high quality protein?






19. When does BMR decrease?






20. Sources of fats






21. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






22. What type of people need extra protein?






23. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






24. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






25. What is RDA of protein?






26. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






27. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






28. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






29. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






30. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






31. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






32. What function is vitamin D?






33. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






34. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






35. How many calories/gram is protein?






36. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






37. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






38. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






39. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






40. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






41. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






42. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






43. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






44. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






45. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






46. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






47. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






48. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






49. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






50. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency